UPDATE: Cheyenne Mountain Lion Search Fruitless

A lockdown at Carey Junior High School has been lifted after Cheyenne police failed to locate a reported mountain lion in the area.

Officer Kevin Malatesta says police searched the area for about an hour, but never found anything.

"We talked to a lot of people and nobody saw anything other than the original reporting party," said Malatesta.

Malatesta says it's possible the eyewitness may have confused a tan dog that was seen wandering in the area for a mountain lion.

"We just want to make sure that people recognize that they may see dogs or something like that out, but a mountain lion is pretty unique," said Malatesta. "They do actually have some distinct characteristics that would help people to identify a mountain lion versus another animal."

This morning's incident comes less than two weeks after a young, male mountain lion was captured in east Cheyenne.